anweid Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Affinity Publisher 1.9.0.902 for Windows has the possibility of PDF passthrough, which is wonderful. Unfortunately, this does not work in conjunction with clipping: Every PDF containing vectors seems to work nicely together with every affine transformation (rotate, shear, scale): The resulting PDF file still contains vectors. Fine. As soon as I do a vector clip with Publisher in order to throw away unwanted things (e.g., a footer with page number), the resulting PDF will be rasterised and not contain any vectors anymore. Additionally, Publisher does not warn during export that anything will be rasterised: The export dialog explicitly tells me that nothing will be rasterised. The only hint I get is the suspiciously large size of the exported document. This happens with every clip, even in case only whitespace is clipped away, or if only 0.1mm is clipped away. As far as I know, PDF supports nested clipping paths. It would therefore be nice if PDF passthroughs could be clipped while preserving their vector structure. If this by some reason isn't possible, it would be useful if the export dialog would at least warn that something will be rasterised. Andreas Weidner Joachim_L and Patrick Connor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 This is very interesting, thanks to Andreas pointing this out. I made some more tests to see when rasterization is happening: 1. Cropping. As Andreas described. No matter what PDF version is selected. 2. No cropping used, but the PDF version on export is lower / older than the PDF version of the placed PDF. Still there is a workaround to avoid rasterization: Do not use the Vector Crop Tool, instead use a simple vector element for clipping, e.g. a rectangle. But still the PDF version of the export has to be the same or newer than the PDF version of the placed PDF. As a side note: When the vector elements are rasterized the colours are also wrong. ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Move Along People Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 - Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Try the attached .afpub. passed.afpub passed.pdf ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted January 25, 2021 Staff Share Posted January 25, 2021 9 minutes ago, Joachim_L said: Do not use the Vector Crop Tool, instead use a simple vector element for clipping I believe a fix is planned for this in the next build Move Along People, Joachim_L and anweid 3 Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Move Along People Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 - Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anweid Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 This problem seems to be corrected in version 1.9.0.920. Thanks. Andreas Weidner Patrick Connor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolframH Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Not here. When I choose "transfer" the pdf is rasterized. When I choose interpretate (german) I see it better. But a doubleclick inside the pdf does not open it any more. No problem with 1.8, no possibility to open it in beta 1.9.920 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted February 1, 2021 Staff Share Posted February 1, 2021 Hi @WolframH, What PDF preset do you use? It seem to be fine here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolframH Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Hi @Gabe where can I see the pdf "preset" (german version)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolkerMB Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Hi @WolframH, you can select the desired preset in the export dialog(ue). It lets you choose from a wide range of PDF presets. WolframH and Patrick Connor 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolframH Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Ah, ok. My problem is more when I import a pdf (exported in quarkxpress) than I see rasterized letters in affinity publisher beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 4 hours ago, WolframH said: Ah, ok. My problem is more when I import a pdf (exported in quarkxpress) than I see rasterized letters in affinity publisher beta. Can you provide a PDF for us to look at that shows this? And also, ideally, a .afpub document where you see the problem? WolframH 1 -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolframH Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Double-Click doesn't open the pdf and "transfer" shows rasterized letters. 07-02 Genommutationen.pdf affinity-beta-test.afpub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 13 minutes ago, WolframH said: and "transfer" shows rasterized letters Depends on the PDF version. The placed PDF version is v1.6 and I exported as v1.6. ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolframH Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 My problem is not the export of pdf. It is working inside affinity publisher beta. Why doesn't open the pdf when I doubleclicking it? Is "transfer" always rasterized in Publisher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 58 minutes ago, WolframH said: My problem is not the export of pdf. It is working inside affinity publisher beta. Why doesn't open the pdf when I doubleclicking it? Is "transfer" always rasterized in Publisher? You can't edit the PDF file if you use Passthrough because editing requires the PDF to be Interpreted. You need all the fonts, etc. just as if you Opened the PDF. It's not rasterized, it's just that Passthrough is preserving all the contents of the PDF file so it will flow through the Publisher processing unchanged into the final output. WolframH 1 -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolframH Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Ah, ok. Now I understand. Thank all for their help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 You're welcome. Jon P and Gabe 2 -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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